153 pages : 19 cm

Includes index

"Moravian books": pages 95-96

pt. 1. Yesterday -- The days of old: John Hus ; organization of the Unitas Fratrum ; the Episcopate ; growth ; persecution ; success ; overthrow ; the Hidden Seed -- Renewal: emigration from Moravia ; Count Zinzendorf ; Herrnhut ; the Moravian Church ; customs of the renewed unity ; missions ; the colony in Georgia -- Space reserved: the evolution of Forsyth County -- A frontier settlement: the Spangenburg survey ; purchase of the Wachovia tract ; settlement at Bethabara ; Indian war ; Bethania begun ; inherited customs ; position in North Carolina

Salem and the revolution: Salem founded ; Salem congregation organized ; relation of town and church affairs ; Friedberg, Griedland and Hope commenced ; experiences of Wachovia during the Revolution ; the Psalm of Joy -- The second half century: new buildings erected ; visit of President Washington ; Salem Academy ; Cherokee Indian mission ; the Woman's Missionary Society ; a church for colored people ; Sunday schools -- The county town: site selected ; Winston founded ; courthouse built ; county courts -- The twin city: the Civil War ; inheritances -- The proprietors of Wachovia: chain of title of half the land in Forsyth County -- A few dates: congregation anniversaries -- Moravian books

pt. 2. Today -- The Moravian Church among the churches: oldest protestant church ; pioneer in missions ; a world-wide Unity ; the name Moravian -- Doctrine and principles: creed ; doctrines ; Christian unity ; evangelistic spirit -- Distinguished customs and practices -- Moravian Church music, liturgies and hymns -- Church polity: synods ; church boards ; the Episcopate -- The Brotherly Agreement -- The spirit of Comenius: Moravian schools -- The good Samaritan of the mission enterprise: Moravian mission fields ; widely separated ; missions to "dying races" -- The challenge of widening opportunity

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